Reply by lwllms

We have Forrest and Freud blades in use in our shop but the best all-around blades we have are the Tenryu Gold Medal 40 tooth blades. We still use some Forrest blades because we need some 8” blades with a custom 1” bore and Forrest is the easiest supplier to deal with for custom bored blades. The Freud blades are rarely used, I had one on the table saw the other day because I was cutting pine and didn’t want pine pitch all over the Tenryu blades.